Skyphos

Object Number

SMP7497

Name

Skyphos

Description

Large skyphos

incomplete. H. 0.14 m. D. of rim 0.175

of base 0.087. Soft orange clay

splashes of red glaze outside

unglazed inside. Handle round in section

disc foot

flat underneath

a ring of glaze round the circumference of the underside. Inside unglazed. On the lower body

a lower body

a long-ecked bird of prey

with fantail and raised wing

painted upside-down. To the left

the body

legs

andwing of a second bird on a smaller scale

also upside down

but not completed. LG. Raised wings and fantails are typical of Cretan Geometric birds. For the larger bird cf. Fortetsa motifs 17 k

o.

Specimen Count

19

Preservation State

Incomplete

Collection Date From

1951

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

1

1272

EMu IRN

164536